children’s meals

You know those gorgeous Indian curries from up north – the ones you’re not supposed to eat because they are full of all the bad stuff – cream, butter, ghee, ground nuts and coconut cream – dishes like Butter Chicken and that super creamy Korma. By God, they’re good. But ohhh, so BAD! This is…

Ok – so this is not very gourmet. I’ve discussed Gran’s cooking here. Saying that however, this is one of the favourite dishes in this house, particularly with the kids. Even Mary has been known to say she likes this one, although she might just be showing respect to elders, because this resembles no curry…

These have always a staple in our family. I think they started off as a breakfast item, but now they are one of the most frequently requested dinner veggies, and I always save some for the lunchbox the next day. Considering we have switched to being gluten and dairy free, they’ve seen a little adjustment.…

Well, it’s not actually tiger-fish. That’s just for the benefit of Goldilocks, my picky 5 year old. He hates just about everything, except the things I can’t feed him, namely gluten and dairy. Oh, and sugar of course. He LOVES sugar. With Goldilocks, it’s all in the eye though. If it looks good, he’ll probably…

Did you know that traditional carbonara recipes often don’t contain cream? It’s amazing, isn’t it, that you can get a creamy sauce without actually using cream. Think about mayonnaise. It also doesn’t contain any dairy (if you make it yourself – who knows what they put in the jar). Egg yolks are amazing little things…

I have a new tagine. It’s a fancy one – Staub. It cost way too much, but it’s the first tagine I’ve had that does the full job – it works on the stovetop, and in the oven. Until now, I’ve used a 45 year old enamel pot that came to me through my mother…

Yep, it’s a mouthful. And, it’s not very pretty. BUT This is the first proudly gluten-free dairy-free dinner I have presented my children with that has been scoffed like junk food. Possibly they are starved after 4 weeks of seaweed rice crackers and almond milk no-sugar banana smoothies and other things they simply don’t want…

After a week of easing my family onto the GFCF diet, I am starting to take things a little more seriously. I have decided that the importance of reducing sugar is in fact outweighed by gluten, casein and toxic nasties, so I have spent plenty of time down at the organic health food shop this…

So pretty. I love japanese food, but my kids don’t. I used to look longingly at children in malls munching on sushi cones while mine dragged me towards the chicken nuggets. All that lovely flavour, nutrients like iodine omega 3 and zinc that their diets are so deficient in. Eventually I just stopped looking…